LABOR AND HEALTHCARE: Unions and Community Groups Launch Campaign to Promote Healthcare for All

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19 Nov 2003

Union activists and health care reformers across the state are mobilizing for an education campaign to provide the public with more information about the reasons health insurance costs are skyrocketing and what needs to be done to make it more affordable. The campaign also gives participants a chance to ?vote? for a ?Medicare for All? solution that would cover everyone and more effectively control costs. Medicare is the federal insurance program that already covers the vast majority of people over age 65. The program?s administrative costs are less than 5 percent, while overhead for private, employer-based insurance eats up about 30 percent of health care spending.<br>[ <a href="http://boston.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=18409&group=webcast">full story</a> | <a href="http://www.massjwj.net">Massachusetts Jobs With Justice</a> ]